圣灵借着我们来作见证
使徒行传一章1至8节
1提阿非罗阿，我已经作了前书，论到耶稣开头一切所行所教训的，
2直到他借着圣灵吩咐所拣选的使徒，以后被接上升的日子为止。
3他受害之后，用许多的凭据将自己活活的显给使徒看，四十天之久向他们显现，讲说神国的事。
4耶稣和他们聚集的时候，嘱咐他们说：不要离开耶路撒冷，要等候父所应许的，就是你们听见我说过的。
5约翰是用水施洗，但不多几日，你们要受圣灵的洗。
6他们聚集的时候，问耶稣说：主阿，你复兴以色列国就在这时候么？
7耶稣对他们说：父凭着自己的权柄所定的时候、日期，不是你们可以知道的。
8但圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力，并要在耶路撒冷、犹太全地，和撒玛利亚，直到地极，作我的见证。
信息分享
这是新约的总体教导。一个不能为基督作见证的基督徒，实在令人费解，也令人质疑他是不是真正的基督徒。每个基督徒都应该以「作见证」的心态来过每天的生活；这意味着他不单要用言语来为基督作见证，更要身体力行地彰显基督。
当圣灵住到我们心里，我们就能够活出基督的形像，我们的行事为人就能反照基督的形像。我们接受了基督，并将生命的主权交给祂之后，我们的旧我就不能继续操控我们，别人当然会看见这重大的改变！
然而，我们与别人碰面，可能只有短短几分钟的时间与他交谈，不可能让他全面地认识自己；因此，我们就要把握机会，透过交谈来与人分享信仰和见证基督。
我们该说甚么来见证基督呢？我们不必为此操心，只要倚靠圣灵。圣灵既然要我们去见证基督，祂就当然会将该说的话告诉我们了。
基督说：「你们要作我的见证」。我们唯有得着圣灵的能力，才能为基督作见证。愿圣灵赐我们能力，让我们能时刻见证基督。
牢记：
作见证不是一种恩赐，而是一项特权和责任。
WITNESSING THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
Acts 1:1-8
1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;
5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Message
This is the teaching of the whole of the New Testament. Actually a Christian who is not witnessing is a contradiction. Witnessing should be a way of life for us all. It is not merely by spoken words that we witness for Christ. It is also by our life day by day.
If the Holy Spirit is allowed to work in our lives, we will be reproductions of Christ. He will be seen in our actions and our reactions. Our old nature will not continue to be victorious. Our new nature, given to us when we accepted Christ, will take the upper place in our lives. Don't you think others will see this?
But no life is good enough, even so, to set forth Christ fully. Therefore the spoken word is also necessary. We may have only a few moments with a person. Our lives could not fully set forth Christ in two minutes or even an hour.
But what should we say? The Holy Spirit will give us the words to say. He wants to speak about Christ through us so he will certainly tell us what to say.
'You shall be my witnesses', Christ said. How? After the Holy Spirit has given you the power. Why not ask him today to make you the witness he wants you to be?
REMEMBER:
Witnessing is not a gift, it is a privilege and responsibility.